North Carolina Central University - Eagle Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Seniors 1984-85 18 Seniors 1985-86 40 Queens 66 Underclassmens 80 Underclassmens 1985-86 95 Law School 117 Homeconning 127 Queens 1985-86 142 Organizations 167 Greeks And Non-Greeks 194 Sports 207 Seniors Directory 225

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History Of North Carolina Central University James E. Shepard was born the el- dest of twelve children in Raleigh N.C. on November 3, 1875. He was the son of the Rev., Dr. and Mrs. Augus- tus Shepard, and he was educated in the public schools of Raleigh. In 1894, he received a Ph. G. (Graduate Phar- macy) from Shaw University Medical School, Raleigh, N.C. and opened the first black drugstore in Durham, N.C. Shepard ' s greatest contribution was the founding of what is today called North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Durham, N.C. Highly in- volved in religious activities in the Baptist church of North Carolina, Shepard chartered on July 5, 1910 a private institution know as the Nation- al Religious Training School and Chautaugua. Shepard decided that the school ' s site would be at the pre- sent property on which NCCU is lo- cated, at Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina. This land was pur- chased for Dr. Shepard by B.N. Duke and the Durham Merchants Associa- tion. Dr. Shepard established the first Advi- sory Board for the school made up of the following persons: Dr. J.H. Dillard Pritchard of Asheville, former Gover- nor N.B. Broughton of Raleigh, Sena- tor L.S. Overman of Washington, D.C., Colonel James N. Young, Dr. Jogn E. Ford, Dr. W.Y. Chapman, Judge Julian S. Carr, Bishop George W. Clinton, Professor C.G. O ' Kelly, Rabbi Abram Simon, The Reverend Thomas B. Shannon, Dr. J.R. Dudley, Dr. John M. Merrick of Durham, and the local colored committee of Dur- ham. The Advisory Board represent- ed ten states, a total membership of seventeen and first convened Octo- ber 14, 1909. Judge Jeter C. Pritch- ard presided over the Board. In 1942, Dr. Shepard recalled that the North Carolina College for Negroes was the first state-supported, liberal arts col- lege for Negroes in the United States. By the end of the year 1910, Dr. Shepard had successfully canvassed $7000 in money from friends and sup- porters from New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts and began the construction of six buildings on the campus, including a home for the President. One of his able financial supporters, before and after the school was started, was Governor R.B. Glenn of North Carolina who traveled with Shepard into Massachu- setts, New Jersey, and Ohio, making several speeches and who introduced him to a second financial supporter. Presbyterian Minister W.Y. Chapman who became a member of the Institu- tion ' s first board. Among other sup- porters of James E. Shepard ' s drive to have the National Religious Train- ing School and Chataugua remain solvent were the names of Mrs. Rus- sell B. Sage of New York City and Mr. B.N. Duke of the Duke family and the tobacco industry in Durham, North Carolina In 1915, The National Religious Train- ing School and Chataugua was reor- ganized and the Institutuion ' s new name became The National Training School. This occured because by 1912, the old National Religious Training School and Chataugua was reportedly in dire financial straits. Consequently, the Institution became subject to public auction on Septem- ber 15, 1915, at the auction The Na- tional Training School was sold to Thomas M. Gorman, for it had been taken over by the city of Durham from Dr. James Shepard for owing of back taxes. Shepard, however, recaptured the school from Gorman because Mrs. Russell Sage gave him a gener- ous grant by October 31, 1915. Even before the school was renamed and sold, the National Religious Train- ing School and Chataugua was known to have offered many subjects in the liberal arts. Some of the early teachers of the Institution before 1917 were the following: F.A. Clarke — Music, T.P. Smith — Commerce, M.W. Gilber — Religion, N.C. Wilham, J.L. Murray, Miss Grace Hemming- way, and C.G. O ' Kelly in the area of Normal and Primary Methods. Be- fore 1915, tuition and fees were ten dollars for six weeks of study and room and board for the whole term of six weeks were three dollars, fifty cents. In 1915, Shepard had verbally indi- cated that the education students would receive at his National Religious Training School and Chataugua would include a great deal about the literary and speaking side of learning. However, Shepard ' s main motivation for establishing his school of religious orientation was for the training of min- isters. These ministers, Shepard wanted to be the leaders of the race. In the year 1925 two disastrous fires struck the institution during times when students were attending chapel which destroyed all official files and some equipment. Shepard believed that not only did the fire destroy the official files, but his hope for establish- ing a school which would train minis- ters and also blacks to be profession- al and liberal artists. Even before the fire, in 1923, the General Assembly of the state of North Carolina had begun to publicly and financially support the Institution and in 1923, the National Training School became known as the Durham State Normal School a total of $20,639 in 1923. This title stayed with the Institution for two years. The primary reason why the state of North Carolina began to pub- licly support the National Training School was because it had a $49,000 debt which Shepard could not liqui- date, therefore, he resorted to the state of North Carolina for help. After the two fires on January 28 and 29, 1925 which destroyed three build- ing — the school was reorganized. Its new name was the North Carolina College for Negroes (NCCN). The first Board of Trustees at the North Caroli- na College for Negroes was com- prised of the following individuals: R.L. Flowers, N.C. Newbold, W.J. Broughton and J.B. Mason. James E. Shepard was named the first principal of North Carolina College for Ne- groes. Officially, the North Carolina College for Negroes opened Septem- ber 16, 1925, with three broad de- partments of which the high school was one, the normal school another and the college area was the third. In 1931, the North Carolina College for Negroes received its first success- ful accreditation by the Southern As- sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools. In 1937, North Carolina Col- lege for Negroes received the right to give class A certificate ratings to teachers. The enrollment of students in 1927 was approximately 166, but by 1940 the enrollment had increased to 916. In the academic year 1926-27, the School of Commerce was started, the first school and the first expansion out of the strict liberal arts. One of the major personalities of the early exis- tence of North Carolina College was Dr. C.G. O ' Kelly, and from 1924 until his death, was the Vice President serving to assist Dr. Shepard. In 1939, because of the famous Missouri ex. rel. Gaines case in the Supreme Court of the United States, North Carolina granted North Carolina College for Negroes the authority to give gradu- ate degrees in the Liberal Arts. By 1941, two professional schools were founded also based on Gaines — the